LETTERS: More support for Roxy leaders; mom disappointed in yearbook decision

Thank you to Roxy leaders, but why can't city, county support theater?

First, I want to thank Tom Thayer and John McDonald for their untiring efforts and commitment to the Roxy Regional Theater. The productions have been outstanding, as well as the education for our youth.

My only regret is that I haven't been able to attend as many programs as I would have liked to. My husband is allergic and has asthma. The mold and mildew smell made it difficult for him to him to attend.

Why do we continue to build more parks, instead of supporting an educational entity for our city? I realize that Tom and John have done some major fundraising, but they can't do it alone. Why isn't the city and county supporting the Roxy?

ANN CLEM

Clarksville, 37043

Mom disappointed with decision to keep daughter out of yearbook

Clarksville is a military town to say the very least. Therefore, it goes without saying military kids have the possibility of moving during the school year.

That being said, my daughter attended Moore Magnet Elementary 7 out of 10 months of the school year. Yearbook order forms are sent out at the beginning of the year (end of August to be exact). A yearbook was ordered and personalized for my daughter through Moore Magnet. When the yearbook was picked up and looked through, it was found that the staff found it appropriate to remove my daughter's picture from the yearbook.

When confronted about the issue, the reply I received was, "we remove the children from the yearbook at the beginning of April if they no longer attend and add the new kids." HA! This brings me to the issue that this is a military town and kids don't always stay the whole year at one school. However, they certainly don't deserve to be forgotten about.

I'm not 100 percent sure [because I didn't want to hurt her feelings with Moore Magnet's bad decision] but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say she would have loved to have seen herself in the yearbook and her friends might have liked seeing and remembering her.